COSHOCTON – Hauling nearly 1 million pounds of cargo along Ohio's roads is no easy task, and moving a BP Superload through eastern Ohio has not been without its headaches.

But after several delays, the 959,000-pound turbo generator destined for Africa's Republic of the Congo. is finally making its slow and steady journey from Mount Vernon to Bellaire Harbor.

After departing Wednesday morning, its 125-mile trip on U.S. 36 took it through Coshocton County on Thursday.

It stopped Thursday evening on County Road 495 and Township Road 74 in Jackson Township, about a mile northwest of Roscoe Village, according to Ericka Pfeifer, public information officer for district five of the Ohio Department of Transportation.

It's expected to start again at 8 a.m. Friday. After it completes its leg through Coshocton, it could stop by the end of the day on Interstate 70 in Guernsey County, in St. Clairesville, or even arrive at its destination in Bellaire, according to ODOT.

The BP super generator, which is 330 feet long and 20 feet, 4 inches wide, has seen its fair share of trials and tribulations as officials prepared to leave from Siemens Manufacturing, formerly Rolls-Royce, in Mount Vernon.

It seemed the trip was off to a smooth start Wednesday morning, said David Carpenter, superintendent of streets in Mount Vernon.

"Everything went as well as can be expected," he said. "It went a lot better than the other tries."

The city had to remove a light pole Tuesday so the truck could turn onto the street, he said.

But the superload encountered another problem Wednesday that engineers didn't foresee: a slight incline. The massive truck was stopped in its tracks by about 5:30 p.m., Pfeifer said.

Prince's Wrecker Services was called to help move the truck.

"That's the biggest one I've ever helped pull," said Patrick Prince, a manager at the towing service on North Fifth Street.

Workers got it to a stopping point by 1 a.m. Thursday on Ohio 715 off U.S. 36, where it stayed until they got it moving again around 9 a.m.

It's the heaviest load on record that has traveled through the region, according to Jeff Grappone, a spokesman for Siemens.

The massive load, being hauled by Orlando-based McTyre Trucking, takes up two lanes and travels roughly 10 mph, although speeds could increase once it hits the interstates, Grappone said.

This is the first of three superloads bought by Total E&P Congo to be transported by Siemens within the next month. ODOT and the Ohio State Highway Patrol will be escorting the vehicles.

The trip will take it through Newcomerstown, then south on I-77 to Cambridge to I-70 east. It will eventually arrive in Bellaire Harbor in Belmony County, where it will be loaded onto a barge and shipped on the Ohio River to the Mississippi River en route to Houston.

From there, it will be shipped to Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea, which is assembling the drilling platform before heading to its final destination.

The unit will generate about 28 megawatts of power, according to Siemens, to support the production of crude oil off the coast.

This isn't the first superload to come through Coshocton County.

In 2011, Cincinnati-based Edwards Moving & Rigging shipped a 203-ton BP turbine out of Mount Vernon from what was then Rolls-Royce. That load followed a similar route through eastern Ohio to Bellaire Harbor, ultimately destined for the Caspian Sea.